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REPORT. 

Committee  Room;  January  31st.  i 
To  thb  President  of  the  Convention  : 

The  Committee  appoint*  <1  to  confer  with  the  Governor,  on  the 
subject  of  Federal    wlal ions,  report  that    we   have  waited  upon 
him  accordin       i    appointment,  and 'have  received  as  the  n 
oi  our  copference,  tbe  accompanying  communication    in  writing 
from  him,  and  herewith  reporl  for  the  consideration  of 

the  Convention.  -It  MIX  II.  REAGAN, 

1'.  W.  GRAY, 
JOHN  I>.  STELL, 
.  \V.  P.  ROGERS,  ' 
THUS.  .1.  DEVINE. 


Es  bcutive  Dei  n  r, 

Austin,  Jan.  31st,  L861. 
■  kav.  Rogers,  Stf.i.l  and  Devine, 
( 'ommitti  ■   of  (  a: 

Getlemen  :— The  Executive  has  had  the  lienor  to  learn  at 
your  hands,  el   the  pa  Fa  resolution  by    (lie   Convention 

tnbled,  expressing  a  desire  on  the  part  of  that  body  to  " 
in  harmony  with  tin-  different  departments  of  our  State  Govern- 
."  upon  matters  touching  our  Federal  relations. 
Through  the  action  of  the  Legislature,  a  co-ordinate  depart- 
ment "f  the  Government  of  the  State  of  Texas,  the  Executive 
has  recei'  !  09c ial  information  that  tin-  Convention  assembled 
has  been  recognized  as  possessing  powers  within  the  scope  of  the 
call  under  which  its  delegates  were  elected,  the  same  to  h"  sub- 
mitted to  the  vote  of  the  people  at  the  ballot-box,  for  their  rati- 
fication or  rejection, 

N»t  only  does  this  action  on  the  part  of  the  Legislature  comr 
mend  the  Convention  to  my  consideration,  but  the  high  talents 
and  respectability  oi  the  delegates  composing  the  same,  coui- 
mands  my  respect. 

[  can  assure  yo j,  gentlemen,  that  whatever  will   condu 
the  welfare  of  out-  people  will   have   my  warmest  and  most  fer- 
vent wishes.      And   when    the    voice  of  the   people  of  Texas  has 

been  declared  through  the   ballot-box,  no  citiz  n    will  be  more 
to  yield  obedience  to  its  will,  or  to  risk  his  all  in  its  de- 
«,  than  myself.     Their   fate  is  my  fate,  their  fortune  is  my 
fortune,  their  destiny  is  my  destiny,  be  it  prosperity  oi 
as  of  old,  i  am  with  my  country. 

For  the  courtesy  paid  me  by  the  Convention,  and  for  the  kind 
sentiments  expressed  by  the  Committee,  receive  my  thanks,  and 
you  can  assure  theConvention  of  the  readiness  of  the  Executive 
to  aet  in  harmony  with  the  Convention  in  securing  an  expression 
of  the  populai  will  upon  the  matter  touching  our  Federal  Rela- 
tions, and  that  he  will  cheerfully  confer  with  any  committee 
appointed  f  r  that  purp<  Be. 

Very  respectfully. 

Four  obedient  servant. 

SAM  HOUSTON. 


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